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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2014
Exxonmobil Chemical Patents Inc., Baytown, TX (US);
Jihad M. Dakka, Whitehouse Station, NJ (US);
Chuansheng Bai, Phillipsburg, NJ (US);
James J. Tanke, Mnalapan, NJ (US);
Gregory J. De Martin, Flemington, NJ (US);
Mary T. Van Nostrand, Clinton, NJ (US);
Michael Salciccioli, Houston, TX (US);
Ali A. Kheir, Sugarland, TX (US);
Neeraj Sangar, League City, TX (US);
ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc., Baytown, TX (US);
Abstract
In a process for producing a methyl-substituted biphenyl compound, at least one methyl-substituted cyclohexylbenzene compound of the formula: wherein each of m and n is independently an integer from 1 to 3, is contacted with a dehydrogenation catalyst under conditions effective to produce a dehydrogenation reaction product comprising at least one methyl-substituted biphenyl compound. The dehydrogenation catalyst comprises an element or compound thereof from Group 10 of the Periodic Table of Elements deposited on a refractory support, such as alumina.